Production Manager
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Job Location:
Pawtucket, RI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
When Alfred Fain founded a small Rhode Island tire store in 1924 at the time no one could have predicted how Teknor Apex would become an international custom compounder sought out by companies around the world. After a nearly hundred-year journey thats carried us through acquisitions and expansion we now have nine U.S. locations as well as operations in Belgium Singapore Germany and China.
Throughout this global expansion Teknor has remained a privately held company and today Fains grandson sits at the helm maintaining the familys tradition of fostering deep employee and customer relationships. These relationships are what allow ustogetherto deliver customized compound solutions and help our customers create better products.
Manufacturing is a team sport and we work together to achieve our goals. Jon Fain
Position Details
We are looking for an experienced Production Manager for our RI site. This role leads all production activities and staff for a 3-shift manufacturing operation. The role
has responsibility for planning organizing directing and controlling of the staff equipment materials and activities used in the manufacturing of finished products. The position secures organizes coordinates and allocates necessary resources to ensure attainment of safety quality and production goals. The role has direct reports of 5 salaried employees and 2 hourly employees. And indirect reports of 85 hourly employees across three shifts.
Key Responsibilities
Safety: Working across the facility to ensure 100% Compliance with OSHA requirements and leading the way in behavior-based safety. Collaborate with the EHS Manager to strive for a zero-incident rate at the site. Ensure that the production team complies with all necessary regulatory requirements and champion our efforts in operation clean sweep.
People: Effectively lead the departments hourly and salaried workforce. Ensure that we are promoting the seven core values with our employees. Maintain compliance with all recordkeeping on attendance and performance reviews and ensure that all three shifts are communicating effectively.
Customers: Focused leadership in the plants production scheduling. Ensure that the production office has the support to maintain the production schedule based on our customer demand. Work with our supply chain team in S&OP reviews. Timely responses to customer complaints and effective leadership in corrective action response. Working with our quality and technical departments to improve our product performance.
Quality: Lead Continuous Quality Improvement teams and utilize tools such as root cause analysis FMEA and other related problem-solving tools. Work with the resources in process engineering and our quality professionals to maintain high quality work across the whole site. Maintain compliance to all ISO: 9001 standards in the manufacturing departments.
Cost: Demonstrated ability to utilize lean tools such as 5S to drive sustained housekeeping efforts and process mapping for shop floor organization and efficiency. Ensuring that the inventory at the site is maintained with a robust cycle counting program. Working with the process engineers corporate engineering and our maintenance team to continuously improve our processes and streamline our operations.
Profile
Previous experience working with a budgeting process and analyzing production variances.
The work requires the application of a variety of procedures policies and/or precedents used in combination.
Strong communication skills influencing skills and excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization manage conflicts and get things done.
Demonstration of leadership skills through positive influence across different levels in the organization. Ability to coach and mentor teams.
The incumbent must be able to evaluate complex situations balancing production efficiencies with available equipment and assets.
While this is primarily a day shift position it does require the ability to come to the site and meet with employees and supervisors on all 3 shifts.
A history and passion for meeting performance targets and achieving results is required.
Demonstrated understanding and abilities in employee relations safety quality ISO concepts automation and digitization and LEAN manufacturing processes.
Requirements
BS Degree in Engineering or a technical field is required.
The position requires at least 5 years experience leading a team of employees in a multi-shift operation.
A strong team player with the ability to work well with the other core operations managers at the site.
Experience in the chemical processing industry in batch operations is preferable.
The performance impact of this role will be measured by ones ability to provide team leadership support and sponsorship for corporate culture and practices. Understanding the organizations mission and functions; developing cooperative working relationships with others; and designing and communicating goals to maximize performance.
This description is a summary of principal responsibilities and is not intended to include all duties that may be assigned.
Teknor Apex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any protected status under state or federal laws. Must be 18 years of age or older to work at Teknor Apex.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Management Experience
- 5S
- Operations Management
- Production Planning
- Production Management
- Kaizen
- Supervising Experience
- Manufacturing
About Company
Teknor Apex delivers custom compounds with a customer-centric approach. Our unbridled passion for technology allows us to deliver customized solutions, no matter how specific your need is.
